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So they say 47 percent of American households didn’t pay any income tax for 2009. Nice work, guys. But what about the real Americans of Slog?
Well?
How much are you sending to / receiving from the guv’ment for your 2009 taxes?
Eli Sanders was The Stranger's associate editor. His book, "While the City Slept," was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He once did this and once won... More by Eli Sanders
It’s “owe” vs “get back”. We all “pay”. You use “pay” for what we owe at the end of the year, people think that’s what we “pay” in income taxes, and that’s not correct.
Give us our tax deductions and quite whining!
I got back $1600 this year, and it was due to two factors, neither of which were mistakes on my part. $600 of it was due to leaving my job in august, and as such making significantly less than could be estimated based off my income. $1000 of it was an educational credit, for going back to school.